Proverbs 13:10
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
BSB
ASV
By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
KJV
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Only by pride cometh contention,.... Though it comes by other things, yet by this chiefly, and there are no contentions without it: or "truly", "verily", "certainly (d), by pride", &c.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Through
James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
leads to
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Through
Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,